Sounio - Athens Coastal Ride

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Route

1. Our journey to Sounio start at 10:00 o'clock in the morning from city center of Athens.The distance from Athens to sounio is 70km.Its about one hour and thirty minutes drive by the coast line of Attica Riviera. Sounio is in north side of Athens. Before Sounio we will pass from the area of Glifada, Voula and Vouliagmeni.We will make a short stop for photos at lake of Vouliagmeni, a beautiful natural lake between the rocks. After that we continue our journey again by the coast line until we arrive to Sounio.In Sounio we will stay for one hour to visit the temple of Poseidon and enjoy our coffee in the coffe shop near the temple with the best sea view. After that we will depart from Sounio and in about twenty minutes will be in Palaia Fokea, a very nice place with coffe shops, restaurants and Greek tavernas in front of the sea. We will have three hours free time there, for swimming and lunch. Around 16:00 we will start our way back to Athens along the sea side.

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2. The ancient Greek temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, built during 444–440 BC, is one of the major monuments of the Golden Age of Athens. A Doric temple, it overlooks the sea at the end of Cape Sounion, at a height of almost 60 metres (200 ft). It was constructed in 444–440 BC. This was during the ascendancy of the Athenian statesman Pericles, who also rebuilt the Parthenon in Athens. It was built on the ruins of a temple dating from the Archaic period. Strabo noted: "Geraistos [in Euboia] . . . is conveniently situated for those who are sailing across from Asia to Attica, since it comes near to Sounion. It has a temple of Poseidon, the most notable of those in that part of the world, and also a noteworthy settlement."

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How it compares in Athene

• Its from-price is 29% below the median of the 926 dagtrips we list in Athene.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 470 of 926.
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About Athene

Athene zet de Akropolis boven een uitgestrekte moderne hoofdstad, waar antieke ruïnes, steegjes op de heuvel en lange tavernaavonden naast elkaar bestaan.

De Parthenon kroont de Akropolis, geflankeerd door het Erechtheion met zijn portiek van cariatiden, en het Akropolismuseum aan de voet van de heuvel toont beeldhouwwerk dat op de rots is gevonden. Daaromheen maken de Antieke Agora, de Tempel van Olympische Zeus, de Boog van Hadrianus en het marmeren Panathinaiko-stadion de klassieke stad gemakkelijk te belopen.

Top-ranked sights in Athene: Acropolis, Parthenon, Acropolis Museum.

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